A benefit concert for the St Cecilia society which supports the schola.

David Hughes, director (above).

Statue of El Cid in the plaza in front of the Hispanic Society.

We are happy to announce that on Saturday, November 16 at 11 AM our society will sponsor the celebration of a Solemn High Mass at the church of Our Lady of Esperanza, 624 W. 156th St., New York,  as part of our second annual Hispanic Heritage Pilgrimage. Music of the Spanish renaissance will be sung by a professional schola. Afterwards, we will visit the magnificent museum of the Hispanic Society of America – the most complete collection of art of the Iberian peninsula in North America.

The Mass. It will be a rare opportunity to participate in the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass in its most ceremonial form – as it would have been experienced in 17th century Spain or at Our Lady of Esperanza upon completion of the church in 1910. It will also be a chance to hear the polyphonic music of the Spanish renaissance in the liturgical setting for which it was intended.

The music promises to be extraordinary. Mr. David Hughes will direct a professional schola.  The music will include:
Missa Sancta et Immaculata Virginitas (Guerrero)

Gregorian Mass of Our Lady: Salve sancta Parens

The Church of Our Lady of Esperanza, the second Spanish-speaking parish in New York City, is a splendid jewel built as part of Audubon Terrace –  the complex of buildings including the Hispanic Society. For a full description of  this historic church see HERE.

Church address:  624 West 156th St., New York (between Broadway and Riverside Drive).

This church features many precious furnishings – such as the sanctuary lamp, the gift of King Alfonso XIII of Spain (above).

Mr. Archer Huntington was the founder of the Hispanic Society Museum. He had the vision of a sanctuary for Iberian culture in the United States – in the wake of the defamatory caricatures generated by the Spanish-American war. He recognized that an essential part of that vision had to be the provision of a church for the Catholic faith – even though he was not Catholic himself.

Miss Maria de Barril was a major early patron. The names of other benefactors include Vanderbilt, JP Morgan and King Alfonso of Spain.

The Museum. After the Mass and lunch we will visit the Museum of the Hispanic Society for a guided tour at 1:30. This extraordinary collection ranges from Roman times to the early twentieth century. The museum’s greatest glory is its collection of paintings: El Greco, Velasquez, Zurbaran and Goya are all represented by masterpieces. But in addition the visitor will encounter a superabundance of works in every kind every kind of medium – sculpture, metalwork,ironwork, textiles, pottery, tiles.

For more information on the Hispanic Society see HERE.

Transportation

The church of Our Lady of Esperanza is located at 624 West 156th Street. The Hispanic Society of America is located on Broadway between West 155th and 156th Streets.

Buses: M4 or M5 to Broadway and 155th Street

Subway: Number 1 to Broadway and 157th Street,
or the C to 155th Street

Parking: (From the Hispanic Society) There is parking garage between Broadway and Riverside Drive at West 153rd Street.

All Masses are Traditional Latin Masses unless otherwise indicated.

(The crown of the Austrian Empire)

(Mourning figure from the Habsburg crypt, Vienna. Charles, however, is not buried there but where he died in exile, Madeira)

On the Chartres Pilgrimage, 2012. The French point out: Charles of Habsburg-Lorraine)

A Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be celebrated at historic St Anne’s Church in Fall River, Massachusetts, on Sunday, October 20 at 6:30 PM (Mass of the 22nd Sunday After Pentecost). The choral music and chants will be sung by the Northern Rhode Island Schola Sanctæ Ceciliæ, and seminarians from St John’s Seminary in Boston will serve. Dedicated in 1906, the Romanesque church stands at the corner of South Main and Middle Streets. Brother (now Saint) André Bessette of Montreal occasionally worshiped here when in town visiting relatives and benefactors. The magnificent Casavant organ, installed in 1963, greatly enhances the grandeur of the liturgical celebrations.

Also at St Anne’s, in the lower church, on Friday, October 18, the renowned liturgical scholar Dom Alcuin Reid will give a talk on maintaining a healthy spiritual diet by mining the riches of the Sacred Liturgy. Vespers for the Feast of St Luke will immediately follow.

A Week of Prayer & Devotion

October 14 – 20, 2013

Church of the Holy Name of Jesus
99 Camp Street, Providence, R.I. 02906-1799

Download the flyer for the Week of Prayer & Devotion

Series on the Liturgy

Monday through Thursday, October 14 – 17, 6:00 p.m.
Presented by Fr. Joseph D. Santos Jr.
Topics: A Brief History of the Liturgy, The Family of Liturgies of the Catholic Church, The Mass of the Catechumens, The Mass of the Faithful.
45-minute presentation followed by a 15-minute Q & A period. In the Lady Chapel.

Mass in the Rite of Braga
Friday, October 18, 5:30 p.m.
A brief talk on inculturation in the Liturgy according to Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Document on the Liturgy from Vatican II, as manifest in the history and peculiarities of the Rite of Braga.
Then, at 6:00 p.m., Low Mass in the Rite of Braga will be celebrated in the presence of His Excellency D. Teodoro de Faria, Bishop Emeritus of Funchal (Madeira).

Pontifical Mass in the Extraordinary Form
Saturday, October 19, 11:00 a.m.
Celebrant: His Excellency D. Teodoro de Faria
Sermon: Prayer for the Canonization of Blessed Karl of Austria-Hungary, one of the few leaders who worked to promote peace before, during and after World War I. For his efforts, he was rewarded by the fascists with forced abdication and exile.

Conference on the Blessed Sacrament and Ceremony of the Silver Rose
Sunday the 20th of October at 3:00 PM
“How is Jesus Present in the Eucharist?”
Presented by Raymond de Souza, Director, Office of Evangelization, Diocese of Winona, MN.
The service concludes with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

For more information, please phone the parish rectory at (401) 272- 4515.

Two introductory classes by David Hughes
St. Mary’s Parish Center

Sunday, 6 October 2013, 7:00 P.M.
What is chant? What is polyphony?

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 7:00 P.M.
What are propers? How do you choose what to sing?

The Church has called sacred music “a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art.” But why is this so? What does it mean to say that it forms “an integral part of the solemn liturgy”? Come find out!

David Hughes will offer two classes on sacred music on two Sundays in October. These introductory classes will include examples drawn from a wide variety of repertoire. Each class is an hour long, with time at the end for discussion. Bring a friend, and bring questions you’ve wanted to ask about the music you hear on Sundays!

Note:  We apologize that we did not post this notice in time for you to attend the first talk.  We encourage you to attend the second talk.

The St. Cecilia Society of St. Mary Church will  present its annual benefit concert in honor of St. Cecilia on Sunday, 3 November 2013 at 4:00 p.m. The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum, under the direction of David Hughes, will sing a program of sacred music written specifically in honor of St. Cecilia.

A festive reception will follow the concert. General admission is $25, and $15 for students & seniors; all proceeds go to support the work of The St. Cecilia Society, which promotes the music program at St. Mary’s Church. For more information, please e-mail music@stmarynorwalk.net, or call the parish office at 203-866-5546.